It's a birthday giveaway!

Time has surely flown by.

It's going to be my birthday real soon again! Whoops, did I mention birthday?

So as a real treat to you , I will be doing a giveaway of my own. What's this? A birthday that you give instead of receive presents? And why not?
A birthday is a celebration and I'd love to share the joy with you.

So here's the deal:

I'm giving away ....





one of my sakura necklaces (blue or red, you pick!)

These pretties are valued at $35 usd and are one of a kind.
If you haven't heard already, they are kimono fabric frozen in resin, shaped into sakuras.
Three different layers of sakuras flowers coordinated together and highlighted with shimmering swarovski crystals!

Don't you want one? Of course you do. They are such beautiful little pretties.


How to win:

There is only one method of entering and that is by posting this on Twitter.

" Be the 271 person to tweet this and win your very own #SakuraNecklace http://bit.ly/5LOTRd Details: http://bit.ly/6cthNg #littlewaltz "

Rules:

1. You may tweet only once per hour.
2. You may RT but the keywords #SakuraNecklace and #littlewaltz must be in the tweet or it will be disqualified.
3. Winner may pick the colour theme that they desire (red or blue) but the fabric pattern may not be the same as pictured.

I will be doing a search through Twitter and keeping count.

The winner will be contacted through Twitter, if the winner does not contact me back within 48 hours of winning, the win will be disqualified and the next person in line will be the next winner.



So why wait? Do it now!


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In other news,





The lovely Heather King had my little ear studs up on her blog to cheer you guys up from January Blues.
Not just my ear studs but many other lovely cheerful things as well.
So why not pay her a visit?

It's a birthday giveaway!

Turning Japanese: Kimono Resin Flowers as Necklaces.

It's been awhile since I spoke of my own crafty endeavours on this blog, so let's have a look shall we?

This is going to be a combination of posts really, but to start with Finki started a monthly challenge, and the January theme was Turning Japanese.


So here's my take on it!



These are made from Kimono fabrics frozen in resin, and then shaped as sakuras.
Each sakura has 3 layers of different flowers and different fabrics
As different parts of the fabric is used, no two sakura will ever be the same.
Similar, possibly. Exactly the same? Not possible.





Closeups of the flowers.


The flowers hang on a necklace ring that is also nickle free, so for those with skin allergies, this will definitely suit you.
It's a modern take on the usual traditional looking kimono fabrics!

These particular necklaces have gone home to a new owner! *cheers*
But if you want more sakura necklaces (just with different sakuras), you can get them on my etsy store.
Mention the code TURNING JAPANESE and you'll even get free shipping on the necklaces! Offer ends 10th Feb tho, so be quick!

These necklaces were also featured on Empirebeads blog!

So what do you think? Like them, hate them?

Turning Japanese: Kimono Resin Flowers as Necklaces.